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“Community and stakeholder pressure continues to be a real issue for infrastructure delivery. Our data over five consecutive years shows that industry professionals rate ‘stakeholder and community pressure’ as one of the top three most influential factors contributing to project delays,” said I2S Director, Professor Sara Bice.
“In our 6th Annual Survey, we are contining to investigate these long range issues. This year’s survey will also take a deep dive into the critical topics of infrastructure’s role in creating social value and fostering social inclusion. We’re also exploring how perceived community fatigue is affecting community engagement for project delivery.”
“Over the past 12 months the level of interest from industry in these topics has skyrocketed. Governments, investors and developers are increasingly interested in how major infrastructure developments can create and capture social value, beyond the financial bottom line. We’re hearing the same things from community members who participated in our Australian Perspectives on Infrastructure (API) study. We’re going to take a deep dive into these topics with this 6th survey in an effort to understand these issues better.”
I2S’ API research involved more than 1,800 highly impacted community members across QLD, NSW, VIC and SA. Findings showed that the perceived benefits of infrastructure projects, an important aspect of social value, are a key driver of project acceptance and also predict levels of community resilience.
Professionals from across the infrastructure sector are invited to complete this survey and help the entire sector to learn more about these important emerging topics.
The survey is open until the end of August. The project has ANU Human Research Ethics Committee approval (Protocol 2023/234). Research details are available here.